Cuff-holder.



J. R. JARRELL.

GUFI' HOLDER.

APPLmATIoN FILED JULY z5, 1910.

988,103. Patented 1131.28, 1911.

@www i JAMES R. JARRELL, 0F EASTON, MARYLAND.

CUFF-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2S, 1911.

Application filed July 25, 1910. Serial No. 573,617.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES R. JARRELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Easton, in the county of Talbot and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gulf-Holders; and l do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for adjustably securing cuffs to shirt sleeves.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical cuff holder which may be produced at comparatively small cost and which will not only effectively hold the cud so that it cannot possibly work loose but which will also permit of the ready adjustment of the cu" with respect to the shirt sleeve and also the ready application of the device to a cuff or its removal therefrom.

WTit-h this and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view illustrating the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is a front view of the device removed from the cud and Fig. 3 is an edge view of the device.

My improved cuit holder comprises a body portion or member which may be of resilient wire or other suitable material having at one end jaws to engage and hold the cuff, and at its other end a suitable clasp 2 adapted to be engaged with and adjusted upon the shirt sleeve. The body member l is formed from a single piece of resilient wire by bending its central portion to form an eye or loop 3, the two branches thus formed, crossing to present two diverging spring arms L so that the body member is substantially triangular in shape. The diverging ends of the spring arms 4L are bent sharply inward past each other so that they overlap and form jaws 5, which latter are adapted to be inserted through the button holes B in the cuff C as shown in Fig. l. The overlapping jaws 5 may be of any length and overlap to any extent, and if desired, their extremities may be rounded or slightly headed, as

-and holds the shown at 6, so that they may be more readily engaged with and disengaged from the cufil without injuring the same. The resiliency of the spring arms 4 which cross each other at the eye 3 permits the jaws 5 to be sprung both longitudinally and laterally with respect to each other so that they may be quickly and easily inserted in the two button holes at the inner corners of the cu's, jaws normally toward each other so that they will effectively lock the cuif to the holder when fitted thereto so that the cuff cannot possibly become disengaged or work loose.

To permit the device to more eifectively engage the cuff' and lie close to the arm and shirt sleeve, the arms 4 are bent or bowed slightly as shown at 7 at points intermediate their ends, see Fig. 3. It will be noted that this curved or bowed shape of the arms a will insure the two inner corners of the cuff being' held in proper relation with respect to each other and at the same time permit of sufficient movement of the said portion of the cud to insure comfort to the wearer.

Any form of clasp or clamping device may be employed for attaching the body 1 to the sleeve but, as illustrated, the well known form of jaw clasp 2 is preferably employed and said clasp has at one of its ends a hook 8 which loosely engages the eye or loop 3 so that the device will adapt itself to the sleeve and cuff without pulling or twistingvof these parts unduly.

From the foregoing it will be seen that th'e device comprises an exceedingly simple and practical cui holder which will eectively lock the cuff so that it cannot possibly work or pull loose and it will consequently hold the cuff securely in adjusted position. The simple construction of the device enables it to be produced at a very small cost as will be noted from the fore` going. It will, furthermore, be observed upon reference particularly to F ig. 3, that there are no points or other projectio-ns in the device which are apt to catch in the shirt sleeve or the lining of the coat sleeve and tear the same. The clasp will swing freely in the eye 3 so that it will readily accommodate itself to the point where it is made to engage the shirt sleeve and either holder may be used on either the right or left hand.

Various changes in the form proportion, and minor details of construct-ion may be resorted to Without departing :troni the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages oiti the invention as clelinecl in the appended claim.

I elaiin:

A entf holder eoingrising a body member formed from zi single length of resilient Wire bent at its Center to forni on eye :incl crossed at one Side of the eye to forni diverging arms, said urine being Slightly bowed in a plano perpendicular to their length und the ends of said orme being bent sharply pasteach other to form overlapping 'jaws adapted to poss through the button hole of o out? in opposite directions, and a clasp to engage a shirt Sleeve having one end loosely hung 1n the eye.

in testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hond in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES R. JARRELL. `Witnesses OSCAR SENBERRY, lrinn OPPENHEIMER.

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Washington, D. C. 

